A text in Tumbuka: Nyama zikusangika calo cose capasi. Nyama zikujima pasi, kuskamba mu nyanja za mchere kweniso kuwuluka mu mlengalenga.
The same text in Swahili:
Wanyama hupatikana duniani kote. Wanachimba ardhini, wanaogelea kwenye bahari, na wanaruka angani.